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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Exodus 22:6

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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If fire break out: Mr. Harmer observes, that it is a common custom in the East to set the dry herbage on fire; which fires, from want of care, often produce great damage. Hence a law to guard against such evils was highly expedient. so that the stacks of corn: Jdg 15:4, Jdg 15:5; Sa2 14:30, Sa2 14:31 he that kindled the fire: Exo 22:9, Exo 22:12, Exo 21:33, Exo 21:34 Exodus 22:7
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